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It is easy to generate a SOAP client from a WSDL with Java. Java comes with the tool named 'wsimport'. The wsimport tool is part of the Java JDK, found in the JDK bin folder. By default when you run the tool it will create and keep the compiled .class files. If you do not need the .class files just add -Xnocompile to the command.